Crime: Telemarketering scams and spam
Scams and spammers have taken over the phone networks to the point we should no longer answer calls.
Business: Brands owned by Disney
Disney is not just Disney, but also Marvel, ESPN, National Geographic, ABC, Lifetime, FX, Star, Pinewood Studies, Lucasfilms, Pixar - everything.
Education: The mysteries of loan forgiveness
Random X post celebrates his $8k education loan paid off by taxpayers. He attended expensive Uni, owns a $560k home and is Comm Director for a Congressional Representative.
Censorship: “…educated elites … demanding the censorship, persecution … of political enemies”
Groups insisting a censored world would be a better world (if they get to do the censoring).
Norway’s Minister for Research and Higher Education plagiarized her thesis
She plagiarized extensively in her own thesis but punished students for plagiarism.
Aviation: Trevor Jacob sentenced to 6 months in Federal prison
He deliberately crashed a plane in an elaborate stunt to generate views to sell advertising. His story fell apart when Youtube viewers observed numerous irregularities in his saga. Eventually he…
Environment: Corruption is good for the environment, says study
Corruption can increase environmental efficiency and improve economy in developing countries, study argues (phys.org). It's Science.
Public health: ACA premiums 2024, $2,057/month, $19,000 deductible
2024 ACA premiums for a bare bones Brone policy for 2 adults: $2057/month or about $25k/year, $19,000 annual deductible.
Drones: Man faces 10 year prison sentence for shooting down quadcopter
Guy in Florida shoots down a quadcopter, is arrested and charged with Federal offense for downing an aircraft. He was already a convicted felon.
Crime: Astounding allegations of fraud surrounding FTX crypto exchange
The FTX crypto exchange is alleged to have involved billions of dollars in fraudulent spending of customer's investment money on self dealing by executives.